Ctenomys yatesi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Octodontoidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha Superfamilia: Octodontoidea

Familia: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys
Species: Ctenomys yatesi

Name

• Ctenomys yatesi Gardner, Salazar-Bravo & Cook, 2014: 17

Holotype: AMNH 260835, adult ♂, skin, skull and axial skeleton.

Type locality: “Bolivia, Department of Santa Cruz, 7 km N and 38 km W of Roboré, 18°16'S, 60°07'W, 550 m elevation”.

References

Primary references

• Gardner, S.L., Salazar-Bravo, J. & Cook, J.A. 2014. New species of Ctenomys Blainville 1826 (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from the lowlands and central valleys of Bolivia. Special publications, Museum of Texas Tech University 62: 1–34. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Yates’s Tuco-Tuco
español: Tuquito de Yates